Epithelioid hemangioma (ALHE) on the tongue of an infant treated with oral corticosteroids: A case report and review of the literature

Mahsa Ansari; Mahshid Ansari; Jafar Taghizadeh Fazli; Farid Safar; Niloufar Alizadeh; Nazila Heidari; Fatemeh Livani; Sepehr Khosravi; Azadeh Goodarzi

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_641_22

Epithelioid hemangioma (ALHE) on the tongue of an infant treated with oral corticosteroids: A case report and review of the literature

J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Jun;12(6):1069-1071. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_641_22. Epub 2023 Jun 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Autoimmune Bullous Disease Center, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Pathology and Dermatopathology, Razi hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Dermatology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Infectious Disease Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
⁶ Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, Rasool Akram Medical Complex Clinical Research Development Center (RCRDC), School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Skin and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioma or angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is a rare benign vascular lesion presenting as multiple nodules on the head and neck. Surgery had been considered to be the best treatment modality for ALHE. We report the case of a 6-month-old boy with ALHE on his tongue that was treated successfully with oral prednisolone.

Keywords: ALHE; angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia; epithelioid hemangioma; mucosal; review; steroid; therapy; topical; treatment.